During the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch faction held sway over the court, while bandits ran rampant in the martial world. Young bandit Ji Xian unexpectedly takes on the identity of a member of the Imperial Guards, only to be drawn into a conspiracy to overthrow the dynasty. As the countdown to life and death ticks away, faced with the conflict between his origins and his true intentions, he decides that instead of merely surviving in chaotic times, he would rather fight to the death for a different way of life!